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Newest in this topic

  1. Plasma p-tau217 and neurofilament/p-tau217 ratio in differentiating Alzheimer's disease from syndromes associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration 2025-01-08
  2. Diagnostic and prognostic value of serum NfL and p-Tau181 in frontotemporal lobar degeneration 2020-07-01
  3. Serum Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) Is a Marker of Disease Severity in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration 2020-01-01

Studies

7 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2003 to 2025

Top journals

  • Acta neuropathologica 1
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 1
  • Brain : a journal of neurology 1
  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 1
  • Journal of neurology 1

7 journals in all.

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  1. Plasma p-tau217 and neurofilament/p-tau217 ratio in differentiating Alzheimer's disease from syndromes associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 76 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-01-08 Biomarkers

    Plasma p-tau 217 and the NfL/p-tau 217 ratio are promising non-invasive biomarkers for differentiating AD from FTLD, suggesting their use as a potential alternative to traditional diagnostic methods.

  2. Diagnostic and prognostic value of serum NfL and p-Tau181 in frontotemporal lobar degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2020-07-01 Biomarkers

    The assessment of serum NfL and p-Tau 181 may provide a comprehensive view of FTLD, aiding in the differential diagnosis, in staging disease severity and in defining survival probability.

  3. Serum Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) Is a Marker of Disease Severity in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2020-01-01 Biomarkers

    Serum GFAP is increased in FTLD, correlates with cognition and GABAergic deficits, and thus shows promise as a biomarker of disease severity in FTLD.

  4. Serum neurofilament light chain is a discriminative biomarker between frontotemporal lobar degeneration and primary psychiatric disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Journal of neurology 2019-10-08 Biomarkers

    Due to the significant clinical overlap between frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) spectrum disorders and late-onset primary psychiatric disorders (PPD), diagnostic biomarkers reflecting the different underlying pathophysiologies are urgently needed.

  5. The effect of genome-wide significant variants at the GFRA2 locus on expression of GFRA2 was assessed using mRNA expression studies in cerebellar tissue samples from the Mayo Clinic brain bank.

  6. Rare mutations in SQSTM1 modify susceptibility to frontotemporal lobar degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 86 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2014-06-05 Genetics

    Mutations in the gene coding for Sequestosome 1 (SQSTM1) have been genetically associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Paget disease of bone.

  7. Severity of gliosis in Pick's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration: tau-positive glia differentiate these disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2003-04-01 Biomarkers

    Formalin-fixed brain specimens from sporadic cases with frontotemporal dementia (eight with tau-positive Pick bodies, five with frontotemporal lobar degeneration without inclusions) were compared with those from non-diseased controls (n = 5).

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